The hope of securing a more or less presentable agreement and moving on has vanished. On July 8, U.S. President Donald Trump declared the fragile ceasefire with Iran effectively over. “I don’t want to deal with them any more, they’re scum,” he said of the very same people he had described only days earlier as “very rational,” “strong,” and “smart.” Friday night was the first calm one after 13 consecutive days of attacks, after the White House considered raising the level of retaliation.

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